*future² adj [only before noun 仅用于名词前] 1 happening or existing in the future 将来的，未来的: preserving the countryside for future generations 为后代子孙保护农村地区 future wife/husband/president (=someone who will be your wife etc in the future) 未来的妻子/丈夫/总统: the future president of the United States 未来的美国总统 2 the future tense the form of a verb that is used to show a future action or state 〔动词的〕将来式